A bill would require all New York schools to establish policies and procedures for the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
In New York, advocates are pushing for a bill that would create safer environments for LGBTQ students in schools around the state.
"There could be people that are homophobic, transphobic in these schools that happen to be administrators, and they're not allowing students to use the bathroom that identifies with their gender expression," said Ace Sutherland, director of community organizing at Equality New York."And that's a problem."
The bill has two versions: Bill S369 in the Senate and Assembly Bill A840. Both were introduced in 2017, and remain stuck in the education committee. Across the nation, anti-trans laws are on the rise, with more than 450 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislative sessions this year, according to an analysis from the American Civil Liberties Union.
In 2021, a survey by GLSEN found 81.8% of LGBTQ students reported feeling unsafe in school because of at least one of their actual or perceived personal characteristics.
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